Meeting Doctors Too Soon

Homemade Chicken Soup, recipe below

Well, its been an interesting couple of weeks over here.  I guess you could say we are making ourselves at home.  You know, doing all those things that assure you are well established in a community such as visiting parks, malls, artistic venues...doctors offices.

My oh-so-graceful daughter loves gymnastics.  Loves it!  She was very involved in Virginia and could not wait to get into a class in Boca.  We joined Twisters.  This homeschooled child was hopeful she would gain skills as well as new friends!  Class number one, she felt shy and no one talked to her.  Class number two, she stepped down into a trampoline she didn't notice in the floor and WHAMO!  Broke her foot.

To the pediatrician we went!  Boca Pediatrics was quick to get her in and quick to send her for an x-ray.  I do enjoy Doctor Gardener.  She is kind, knowledgable and has a good disposition for dealing with kids (and parents for that matter).  On to West Boca Diagnostics...once again, they were friendly and warm and got the job done.  These two appointments took up most of the day, so our appointment with the Pediatric Orthopedist had to wait until morning.  I did appreciate that we would get to see a pediatric doctor...we only had regular orthopedists in our small town in Blacksburg.  We were sent to Doctor Danko with Kid's Choice Orthopedics.  She was knowledgeable and personable.  We got in and out... plus one extra left boot.

As if that wasn't enough, I came down with the plague.  No really, this stuff would have surely killed off a 3rd of London in the 1300's.  It proceeded to move through my family.  Two weeks later and we're still coughing and needing too much sleep...but the fever is gone and my voice is back- Alleluia!  In this time we ventured back to Boca Pediatrics.  They recommended allergy meds and cough syrup.  Yeah, I could have guessed that on my own.  We saw Doctor Levy once, who was jovial... and Doctor Armada who was brusque, snippy and in general, unpleasant.  We won't be seeing her again.  So upon returning back home, I did my normal thing and turned to cold fighting foods such as garlic, ginger, lemon and Manuka Honey with Ceylon Cinnamon.  My husband even made my homemade chicken  soup!  I would love to find a good Holistic Doctor in the area.

There is something about being pulled through the ringer that really makes you feel a part of your surroundings. {Insert eye roll...despite it being true} It's nitty and gritty and causes you to adapt.  I guess we are that much closer to home!  The gymnastics class has now been traded for a Class at the Boca Museum of Art and I am happy to say that the teacher is sweet and so are the classmates!

So lovely to have gotten our tour of Doctor's offices over with so we can now focus on fun things and good restaurants!


Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup to cure what ails ya!

In a big pot, preferably with a colander pot inside like this:

Place 2 lbs of bone-in chicken wings with skin and cover with water.

Simmer for a few hours.

In the mean time, chop vegetables such as carrots, celery, onion, peppers, etc as well as some parsley, rosemary and thyme.  Or if you want to go spicier (opens your sinuses) then use cilantro, chilies and cumin powder.  Of course sea salt and pepper.

When the chicken is fully cooked and starting to fall off the bone, remove the colander pot and allow the chicken to cool enough to handle.

Place the vegetables, spices, a few Bay leaves and one cup of rice into the pot.  Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer and cover.

During this time, skin and debone the chicken and tear into bite size hunks.

When the rice and veggies are tender, remove the Bay Leaves and add the chicken back in.

Adjust the spices to taste.

Serve over chunks of avocado if you wish!


XO, Ami